Sony has applied for a strange little patent that streamlines the process via which online friends in an MMO can meet up in the real world and become real friends.
Itâs not doing this out of the kindness of its heart â the âtechnologyâ is aimed at getting them together at what sound like marketing events â but itâs still an interesting thing to be spending time/money thinking about.
The patent covers the idea that youâd get in-game incentives to go to real-world events. Once there, you could easily meet up with pals as Sony would be promoting âfamiliarity by providing online titles of other participants at the gatheringâ.
I canât see them ever being granted it, as other people have been doing this for years, but hey, who am I to tell Sony how to spend its money!
COORDINATING REAL-WORLD GATHERINGS TO PROMOTE ONLINE COMMUNITY [USPTO, via Engadget]
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